Safety Of Airport Scanners

Is it safe when we step into that body scanner at the airport? It is claimed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that the advanced imaging technology devices are just as safe as the traditional metal detectors.

In post-911 the x-ray tunnels quickly became standard at all commercial aviation facilities nationwide, claiming the amount of low-intensity radiation emitted was safe. It was also claimed that they released less than 10 microREMs of radiation per screening, which is equivalent to what an airplane passenger might incur after to or three minutes of flying at cruising altitude.

This debunked claim revealed that concentrated radiation …read more